After making a number of changes to enhance the safety of those taking the test, as well as the staff working in the centers NCLEX test delivery at U.S.-and-Canada based Pearson VUE test centers, resumed on March 25th at a limited number of test centers in major metropolitan areas across the United States and Canada. Please see below for important changes to the delivery of the NCLEX examinations:
To ensure social distancing measures are in effect, as well as increase the number of candidates that can test daily, the NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN, effective March 25, 2020 until July 4, 2020, will be administered as follows:
- Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) will still be used
- The minimum number of test items will be 60
- The maximum number of test items will be 130
- The maximum testing time will be 4 hours
- The difficulty level and passing standard has not changed
- The Next Generation NCLEX Special Research Section will NOT be included